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Chicago examiner Chicago september 17 1917 j vol xv no 231 a m monday monday registered in ptftptn two nttxtrtc in Chicago elsewho'.r mm v s patent offlc ro,x\jÂ£j uvu to and subultbs thhkk uknt.-i â– russia proclaimed republic raid bares city hall secrets congress to elect cabinet sept unknown to demand of workmom diers and peasants com tional assembly is d f m petrograd sept lu.-^h was proclaimed a repubh state in the following manbjb issued by the provisional goverm general korniloff's rebellb has been quelled but great is th confusion caused thereby si again great is the danger threat^b ing the fate of the fatherland fl its freedom â– holding it necessary to putbj end to the external indefiniten^bj of the state's organization remeib bering the unanimous approval i the republican idea expressed fl the moscow state conference mm provisional government declc^h that the constitutional organi^m tion according to which the ru^b sian state is ruled is a republicajr organization and it hereby prw claims the russian republic signed kerensky minister and president yaroudnx minister of justice the president is presumed t refer to kerensky's position president of the ministry workers and soldiers force republic's creation the first congress of freems chiefly soldiers workmen and peal ants will be held in petrogra september 25 it will frame a coi stitution for the republic the constitution is expected to drastic in its doctrines of radiea ism all private property may 1 abolished the changes in government a ently were forced by the demands i the workmen's soldiers and per councils kerensky's tenure depends on meeting premier kerensky will couth guide russia's destiny only if w congress or convention so eled i it will name the cabinet whic b rule until the constituti bj bly meets h the central committee of the ] cil of workmen's and soldier j ecutive board and the executiv mittee of the peasants council at joint meeting voted overwheh a in favor of proclaiming a rep am once and hastening the draftin constitution â– the cabinet acceded to the d â€¢ i and the proclamation was issui - night j the army will back the provl i government during its organizatibj of the republic â– meeting supports â– kerensky government fl notwithstanding an attack on bfl mier kerensky by delegates whobj , nounced him as an irresponsible i tator the sentiment of the meÂ«j was emphatically in favor of thebj ernment jbj the only immediate mertacs^bj hoyne's men seize becker's records find he had access to thomp son files and made reports to mayor and pike prosecutor charges calls 3 books key dutectiyiss from state's at torney hoyne's office yester day swooped down on the home of francis a becker at 67 west huron street and his office in the reaper block they returned with armloads of documentary evidence which reveals the state's attorney asserts a city hall graft plot which will amaze the city the detectives according to mr hoyne captured bundles of letters from every department of the city containing evidence of a triumvirate of graft consisting of high city hall officials and becker becker is the alleged go-between for the city . hall heads and saloon keepers gamb lers proprietors of disorderly houses and crooked policemen he was form erly chief examiner for the civil serv ice commission three books called key to gra^t secrets included in the great mass of evi dence seized in the raid are three leather-bound memorandum book in them was kept it is stated a care ful record of graft collected from disreputable resorts this bookeep ing system mr hoyne said included r^faily reports of his activities from f becker to comptroller pike and the mayor prominent in the letters seized are some in which becker gave orders to police officers in his district regard ing ini'orcement of the cabaret law election day work and transfers he wrote former chief healey asking three transfers and complained to city prosecutor miller one of his aids was too zealous mr hoyne charges even the schools included says hoyne an all-day examination of the let ters and documents revealed mr hoyne announced not only that beck er and his city hall superiors had extorted money for the restoration of saloon licenses accepted bribes from policemen for promotions and trans fers and from resort keepers for po lice immunity but had extended their influence to the board of education for the appointment and transfer of teachers in the public schools mr hoyne backed up his charges u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” fair monday and probably tuesday not much change in temperature mod crate northeast to cast winds temperature i'ftr twenty four hours ending at 7 p ni : highest 73 lowest 63 mean 6s normal temperature for the day 65 deficiency of temperature since . atanuary 1 si 5 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p m none \ deficiency since january 1 6.6-5 inches relative humidity 7 a m 38;l 2 p m 73 1 p m 82 i barometric pressure reduced to sea level 7 u hi 30.31 7 p m.t 30.29 v sunrise to-day 5:32 s"ui.s r t jjm57 v*3plÂ«te ioverameat x^v^t^m k p*Â£e lfr that conference by raemaekers 8 held in i w w raid at waukegan john unzer wealthy . contractor and seven others charged with being i w w agitators were arrested by federal agents last night in a aid in the residential district of wau kegan the government men said the meetiftg about which every attempt at secrecy had been mairitained was to foment a strike in the waukegan mills of the american steel & wire company unzer and five of the prisoners whose names were not revealed live in waukegan the others john pen zener and frank tunn are said to be i w w organizers from Chicago federal agents with waukegan police surrounded the darkened house and with pistols drawn charged in from all entrances there was a scramble by the initiates several shots were^ired kerensky is-wed bride an actress london sept 16 a few days after the fall of riga when russia was in the throes of the korniloff re volt premier kerensky was married the bride is mile timmet an actress of the alexandra theater this is kerensky's second matrimonial ven ture 1,000 to american who gets the kaiser i minneapolis sept 2 6 â€” labor's loyal leg-ion recently organized here will pay 1,000 to the american sol dier who captures dead or alive the kaiser or the german crown prince the legion will pay 500 to the first american soldier to take prisoner dead or alive a member of the gx-.n era staff of voe g f txmgbknm^m polish independence proclaimed by teutons the hague sept 16 â€” the three regents named for poland are rudolph tnrnowsky brother of am bassador tarnowsky and princes jlnliomirsky and uubeeki prince lubecki represents warsaw berlin sept 18 â€” a decree es tablishing a constitutional monarchy for poland with universal direct suf frage was made public here yesterday by governor general von besseler at an audience at the royal palace the announcement was made on the authority of the imperial german and austro-hungarian letters patent three regents will for the present represent the crown a prime min ister of their appointing will form a cabinet which will in turn select a state council eventually the coun cil is to become a parliament until the end of the war the gov ernor general announced the central / powers will occupy poland to protect their eastern front the new state will possess at this time no power to negotiate treaties with foreign nations or to enter into # international contracts promise is made however the poles will hold complete control over their own in ternal affairs the temporary council will consist of about 100 members and will be permitted to act without hindrance on the affairs delegated to it by the government the council that re cently resigned did so as a protest against interference with its affairs the schools a,nd the courts are un der the cpntrol of the council al ready the council will sign decrees jointly with the regents the date of the first elections for parliament will be determined shortly the decree issued to-day is a par tial fulfillment of the proclamation of november 5 . 191s germans begin to evacuate ostend rculers already emptied court rai people flee teuton retreat predicted belgians forced to build defenses at turcoing london sept 16 ostend the german aerial base just west of zeebrugge on the belgian coast is being evacuated according to newspaper report to-night from amsterdam the movement from ostend is re ported to have started when the last of the inhabitants were transported from roulers two thousand persons already 1 have left courtrai and many belgian refugees have been forced to prepare german defenses at tourcoing the dispatch adds first news of the civilian evacua tion of many towns and cities be hind the german battle f?-ont in flanders was received september 4 from hazebrouck belgium it was stated that the people were being transported from an area of about 200 square miles between the river lys and dixmude movement regarded as presaging retreat the civilian evacuation is regarded ' as the forerunner of a retirement by the german armies all along the flanders line field marshal haig delivered two smashing blows against the german front at cherisy southeast of arras last night and scored gains the germans were engaged on a line 1,700 yards wide berlin's report of the first char acterizes it as a general engagement the british artillery work was so in tense it created what the german war office describes as an artificial fog tanks lumbered u behind the cur tain of fire and aided in preparation j of a path for the british storming troops haig reports loss j in charge is slight the concentrated fire from german batferies failed to check the swarm ! of infantry but berlin declares the british were thrown back with the bayonet in a desperate struggle be fore the german first line trench the british made a second attack later on the same front which the germans assert also was repelled field marshal haig reports that his | casualties were light and heavy losses were inflicted on the germans bug ! outs were destroyed and a number of prisoners were taken after one at 1 tack seventy german bodies were counted ! the germans also report collapse ! of heavy british attacks against their ' lines north of the ypres-menin road i heavy artillery 1 battles on meuse field marshal haig stopped german counter attacks north of the inver ness copse where the germans i fought hard to regain ground previ ously lost on the right bank of the meuse the germans directed another attack north of the caurieres wood where jj^w fighting has been in progress â– â– it was broken up by artillery food will win the war don't waste slogan washington sept 16.â€”pub lic buildings in practically every american city will be con verted into billboards by the food administration food will win the war â€” don't waste it will blaze in electric lights from postoffices city halls and all government properties advertising companies and elec tric light corporations have pledged their aid in erecting the signs which will be uniform in design without cost to the gov ernment u.s embargo made absolute export of foot and even to allies must be for war work washington sept 16 the ex ports administrative board to-day an nounced formally that the embargo on the export of munitions and food staples has been made virtually abso lute a long list of commodities is made public including all munition and food staples export licenses may be granted for certain articles says a state ment by the board when destined for war purposes or when they will contribute thereto or in unusual cases when such exports will con tribute directly to the immediate production of important commodi ties required by the united states and also in certain other cases where the articles may be exported in limited quantities without detri ment to this country wheat and flocr on list the statement characterizes the list as a list of commodities whose con servation is necessary on account of the limited supply and the needs of the united states in its successful prosecution of the war accordingly the board has practically prohibited the export of these articles wheat and flour are the food prod ucts named in the list the rest is made up of the meta and chemical bases out of which all sorts of muni tions are made japan is asking for metals the northern neutrals are asking tor food neither will get what they want unless they convince the ex ports administrative board of the need alxies are included even the allies are included in the plan made public to-day great brit ain prance and particularly italy and russia will have to produce positive proof that all of their materials im ported from the united states are being used to beat the germans with canada the regulations also have been made more strict wilson back home on train quits yacht new york sept 16 â€” president wilson and his wife attended services at the fifth avenue presbyterian church this morning as he entered the automobile to return to the yacht mayflower crowds in the street cheered him heartily the president returned to washington this evening i by rail leaving the mayflower in new york medill m'cormick on way to isonzo front london sept 1câ€”representa tive medill mccormick of Chicago is i on bis way to the isonzo front continued on 7th page 4th column s â€” u Â£=} at your finger tips Â£=^> when you turn back to the want ad pages examiner's classified section are countless j i good positions offered through | | f=f help wanted columns â– ' r â€” â€¢ ' ft fihal 13 edition j *â– â– â– i

Chicago examiner Chicago september 17 1917 j vol xv no 231 a m monday monday registered in ptftptn two nttxtrtc in Chicago elsewho'.r mm v s patent offlc ro,x\jÂ£j uvu to and subultbs thhkk uknt.-i â– russia proclaimed republic raid bares city hall secrets congress to elect cabinet sept unknown to demand of workmom diers and peasants com tional assembly is d f m petrograd sept lu.-^h was proclaimed a repubh state in the following manbjb issued by the provisional goverm general korniloff's rebellb has been quelled but great is th confusion caused thereby si again great is the danger threat^b ing the fate of the fatherland fl its freedom â– holding it necessary to putbj end to the external indefiniten^bj of the state's organization remeib bering the unanimous approval i the republican idea expressed fl the moscow state conference mm provisional government declc^h that the constitutional organi^m tion according to which the ru^b sian state is ruled is a republicajr organization and it hereby prw claims the russian republic signed kerensky minister and president yaroudnx minister of justice the president is presumed t refer to kerensky's position president of the ministry workers and soldiers force republic's creation the first congress of freems chiefly soldiers workmen and peal ants will be held in petrogra september 25 it will frame a coi stitution for the republic the constitution is expected to drastic in its doctrines of radiea ism all private property may 1 abolished the changes in government a ently were forced by the demands i the workmen's soldiers and per councils kerensky's tenure depends on meeting premier kerensky will couth guide russia's destiny only if w congress or convention so eled i it will name the cabinet whic b rule until the constituti bj bly meets h the central committee of the ] cil of workmen's and soldier j ecutive board and the executiv mittee of the peasants council at joint meeting voted overwheh a in favor of proclaiming a rep am once and hastening the draftin constitution â– the cabinet acceded to the d â€¢ i and the proclamation was issui - night j the army will back the provl i government during its organizatibj of the republic â– meeting supports â– kerensky government fl notwithstanding an attack on bfl mier kerensky by delegates whobj , nounced him as an irresponsible i tator the sentiment of the meÂ«j was emphatically in favor of thebj ernment jbj the only immediate mertacs^bj hoyne's men seize becker's records find he had access to thomp son files and made reports to mayor and pike prosecutor charges calls 3 books key dutectiyiss from state's at torney hoyne's office yester day swooped down on the home of francis a becker at 67 west huron street and his office in the reaper block they returned with armloads of documentary evidence which reveals the state's attorney asserts a city hall graft plot which will amaze the city the detectives according to mr hoyne captured bundles of letters from every department of the city containing evidence of a triumvirate of graft consisting of high city hall officials and becker becker is the alleged go-between for the city . hall heads and saloon keepers gamb lers proprietors of disorderly houses and crooked policemen he was form erly chief examiner for the civil serv ice commission three books called key to gra^t secrets included in the great mass of evi dence seized in the raid are three leather-bound memorandum book in them was kept it is stated a care ful record of graft collected from disreputable resorts this bookeep ing system mr hoyne said included r^faily reports of his activities from f becker to comptroller pike and the mayor prominent in the letters seized are some in which becker gave orders to police officers in his district regard ing ini'orcement of the cabaret law election day work and transfers he wrote former chief healey asking three transfers and complained to city prosecutor miller one of his aids was too zealous mr hoyne charges even the schools included says hoyne an all-day examination of the let ters and documents revealed mr hoyne announced not only that beck er and his city hall superiors had extorted money for the restoration of saloon licenses accepted bribes from policemen for promotions and trans fers and from resort keepers for po lice immunity but had extended their influence to the board of education for the appointment and transfer of teachers in the public schools mr hoyne backed up his charges u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” fair monday and probably tuesday not much change in temperature mod crate northeast to cast winds temperature i'ftr twenty four hours ending at 7 p ni : highest 73 lowest 63 mean 6s normal temperature for the day 65 deficiency of temperature since . atanuary 1 si 5 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p m none \ deficiency since january 1 6.6-5 inches relative humidity 7 a m 38;l 2 p m 73 1 p m 82 i barometric pressure reduced to sea level 7 u hi 30.31 7 p m.t 30.29 v sunrise to-day 5:32 s"ui.s r t jjm57 v*3plÂ«te ioverameat x^v^t^m k p*Â£e lfr that conference by raemaekers 8 held in i w w raid at waukegan john unzer wealthy . contractor and seven others charged with being i w w agitators were arrested by federal agents last night in a aid in the residential district of wau kegan the government men said the meetiftg about which every attempt at secrecy had been mairitained was to foment a strike in the waukegan mills of the american steel & wire company unzer and five of the prisoners whose names were not revealed live in waukegan the others john pen zener and frank tunn are said to be i w w organizers from Chicago federal agents with waukegan police surrounded the darkened house and with pistols drawn charged in from all entrances there was a scramble by the initiates several shots were^ired kerensky is-wed bride an actress london sept 16 a few days after the fall of riga when russia was in the throes of the korniloff re volt premier kerensky was married the bride is mile timmet an actress of the alexandra theater this is kerensky's second matrimonial ven ture 1,000 to american who gets the kaiser i minneapolis sept 2 6 â€” labor's loyal leg-ion recently organized here will pay 1,000 to the american sol dier who captures dead or alive the kaiser or the german crown prince the legion will pay 500 to the first american soldier to take prisoner dead or alive a member of the gx-.n era staff of voe g f txmgbknm^m polish independence proclaimed by teutons the hague sept 16 â€” the three regents named for poland are rudolph tnrnowsky brother of am bassador tarnowsky and princes jlnliomirsky and uubeeki prince lubecki represents warsaw berlin sept 18 â€” a decree es tablishing a constitutional monarchy for poland with universal direct suf frage was made public here yesterday by governor general von besseler at an audience at the royal palace the announcement was made on the authority of the imperial german and austro-hungarian letters patent three regents will for the present represent the crown a prime min ister of their appointing will form a cabinet which will in turn select a state council eventually the coun cil is to become a parliament until the end of the war the gov ernor general announced the central / powers will occupy poland to protect their eastern front the new state will possess at this time no power to negotiate treaties with foreign nations or to enter into # international contracts promise is made however the poles will hold complete control over their own in ternal affairs the temporary council will consist of about 100 members and will be permitted to act without hindrance on the affairs delegated to it by the government the council that re cently resigned did so as a protest against interference with its affairs the schools a,nd the courts are un der the cpntrol of the council al ready the council will sign decrees jointly with the regents the date of the first elections for parliament will be determined shortly the decree issued to-day is a par tial fulfillment of the proclamation of november 5 . 191s germans begin to evacuate ostend rculers already emptied court rai people flee teuton retreat predicted belgians forced to build defenses at turcoing london sept 16 ostend the german aerial base just west of zeebrugge on the belgian coast is being evacuated according to newspaper report to-night from amsterdam the movement from ostend is re ported to have started when the last of the inhabitants were transported from roulers two thousand persons already 1 have left courtrai and many belgian refugees have been forced to prepare german defenses at tourcoing the dispatch adds first news of the civilian evacua tion of many towns and cities be hind the german battle f?-ont in flanders was received september 4 from hazebrouck belgium it was stated that the people were being transported from an area of about 200 square miles between the river lys and dixmude movement regarded as presaging retreat the civilian evacuation is regarded ' as the forerunner of a retirement by the german armies all along the flanders line field marshal haig delivered two smashing blows against the german front at cherisy southeast of arras last night and scored gains the germans were engaged on a line 1,700 yards wide berlin's report of the first char acterizes it as a general engagement the british artillery work was so in tense it created what the german war office describes as an artificial fog tanks lumbered u behind the cur tain of fire and aided in preparation j of a path for the british storming troops haig reports loss j in charge is slight the concentrated fire from german batferies failed to check the swarm ! of infantry but berlin declares the british were thrown back with the bayonet in a desperate struggle be fore the german first line trench the british made a second attack later on the same front which the germans assert also was repelled field marshal haig reports that his | casualties were light and heavy losses were inflicted on the germans bug ! outs were destroyed and a number of prisoners were taken after one at 1 tack seventy german bodies were counted ! the germans also report collapse ! of heavy british attacks against their ' lines north of the ypres-menin road i heavy artillery 1 battles on meuse field marshal haig stopped german counter attacks north of the inver ness copse where the germans i fought hard to regain ground previ ously lost on the right bank of the meuse the germans directed another attack north of the caurieres wood where jj^w fighting has been in progress â– â– it was broken up by artillery food will win the war don't waste slogan washington sept 16.â€”pub lic buildings in practically every american city will be con verted into billboards by the food administration food will win the war â€” don't waste it will blaze in electric lights from postoffices city halls and all government properties advertising companies and elec tric light corporations have pledged their aid in erecting the signs which will be uniform in design without cost to the gov ernment u.s embargo made absolute export of foot and even to allies must be for war work washington sept 16 the ex ports administrative board to-day an nounced formally that the embargo on the export of munitions and food staples has been made virtually abso lute a long list of commodities is made public including all munition and food staples export licenses may be granted for certain articles says a state ment by the board when destined for war purposes or when they will contribute thereto or in unusual cases when such exports will con tribute directly to the immediate production of important commodi ties required by the united states and also in certain other cases where the articles may be exported in limited quantities without detri ment to this country wheat and flocr on list the statement characterizes the list as a list of commodities whose con servation is necessary on account of the limited supply and the needs of the united states in its successful prosecution of the war accordingly the board has practically prohibited the export of these articles wheat and flour are the food prod ucts named in the list the rest is made up of the meta and chemical bases out of which all sorts of muni tions are made japan is asking for metals the northern neutrals are asking tor food neither will get what they want unless they convince the ex ports administrative board of the need alxies are included even the allies are included in the plan made public to-day great brit ain prance and particularly italy and russia will have to produce positive proof that all of their materials im ported from the united states are being used to beat the germans with canada the regulations also have been made more strict wilson back home on train quits yacht new york sept 16 â€” president wilson and his wife attended services at the fifth avenue presbyterian church this morning as he entered the automobile to return to the yacht mayflower crowds in the street cheered him heartily the president returned to washington this evening i by rail leaving the mayflower in new york medill m'cormick on way to isonzo front london sept 1câ€”representa tive medill mccormick of Chicago is i on bis way to the isonzo front continued on 7th page 4th column s â€” u Â£=} at your finger tips Â£=^> when you turn back to the want ad pages examiner's classified section are countless j i good positions offered through | | f=f help wanted columns â– ' r â€” â€¢ ' ft fihal 13 edition j *â– â– â– i